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So yeah, i got them on sunday. Last night i finally started repainting them. I guess ill post the before and after pics of my car and the bumper and side skirts at a later time.

How are you planning to paint them. I mean steps will you take? What tools will you use?

I would like to paint my new bumper and lip myself but I don't really know how. I am doing some reading and trying to learn. Any help that you can offer would be uhh...helpful.

wytbishop wrote:How are you planning to paint them. I mean steps will you take? What tools will you use?

I would like to paint my new bumper and lip myself but I don't really know how. I am doing some reading and trying to learn. Any help that you can offer would be uhh...helpful.

well what i did was go to crappy tire, and bought some of the duplex spray paint i think its called, some primer, and some sand paper. i think the highest grit they had for the palm sander i have is like 120 or 220 i cant remember. from what i read on different sites online they used 400 grit.

so yeah i sanded everything down. after that i wiped them down with a dry cloth. after that i stared using the primer. i did 2 or 3 coats. then i used the spray paint with 2 or 3 coats.

so yeah they came out pretty good seeing as how iv never done it before. sorry i suck at explaining stuff.

Does Canadian Tire have Raspberry Metallic?

Nope! You will have to go to NAPA and if they have the paint dept on site they can make you up a spray can of it..... though it's $30 a can! Colour code 6V!

Meade any pics? Curious as to what front bumper/side skirts you are referring to

ok so here are the before pics

my car before


this is the side


here is the front bumper i got from a member of this site. im not sure if he wants to be mentioned. has alittle damage on the bottom but ill fix that.


here is the side skirts. i only took a pic of one of them....no point in having 2 pics lol


ok, now the fun began. here i already sanded and now youll see the primer. i couldnt get a better pic cause it was starting to get dark.


now here it is all painted up. it came out pretty good for my first time doing it. i think i need some of that stuff that makes it shiney.....i cant remember what its called. btw that is the other one turned around.

Clear coat...makes it shiny.

I'm going to go for it. I have a front and rear bumper, Euro mini sides and a door to replace. I also have a bad key scratch on the driver's rear quarter to fix.

Should be fun and if it looks like crap I was planning on getting the car painted at some point anyway.

wytbishop wrote:Clear coat...makes it shiny.

yeah, i have to buy that lol.

ok i finally got it finished. i couldnt get it done earlier cause iv been busy with school and work.

There she is. only thing i have to do now is get it painted professionally. im thinking about going to maaco. im not sure who much it cost to get it sprayed. iil take another one with the hood down later.

Don't do maaco unless you want your paint job to fall apart after a year. If you're getting it painted, do it right.

hey,
nice job. nice headlights. where'd u pick them up at?

dubber084 wrote:hey,
nice job. nice headlights. where'd u pick them up at?

search "spyder projector headlights", also ebay. And as u can see, they come in black!

yeah, what he said. the only thing i need is the bc-2 back bumper *sigh*